Horse-collar pad.



PATBNTBDAPR-14, 1908.

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HORSE COLLAR PAD.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 23.1907.

- @wa'mmu .These rivets constitute UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

WILLIAM F. SACHSE, OF SHEBOYGAN, WISCONSIN.

HORSE-COLLAR PAD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. SAoi-Isn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sheboygan, in the county of Sheboygan and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Horse-Collar Pad, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to horse collar pads and is more particularly an improvement upon the device described and claimed in Patent No. 816,127, granted to me on March 27,1906.

The object of the invention is to provide a pad of this character having means whereby ies and other small insects are prevented from alighting upon the neck sore while the pad is in use.

Another obj ect is to provide simple means whereby a collar can be connected thereto whether or not the same is provided with a sweat pad, means being employed for holding the collar against displacement in every instance.

A further object is to improve upon the construction of the pad so as to permit freer up and down movement of the animals head while the pad is in position.

I/Vith these and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

In said drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the pad. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section therethrough, one of the positions of the forward. saddleportions being indicated by dotted lines.

Referring to the iigures by characters of reference, A designates the rear saddle portion of the pad, the same being formed preferably of a piece of sheet metal 1 'having a centrally elongated opening 2 extending thereinto from one end and substantially rectangular in outline, the open end of said opening being lapped by a yoke 3 which is fastened to the sides of the saddle portion A by means of rivets 4 or in any other preferred manner.

saddle portion B of the pad. This front saddle portion consists of a metal plate 5 having its inner face covered with a suitable padding 6. rlhis padding is fastened to the plate in any suitable manner as by means of rivets and said plate is movable between the sides Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed November 23, 1907.

forming an opening pivots for the front Patented April 14, 1908. Serial No. 403,558.

of the saddle ortion A and upon the pivots 4 so as to tilt re atively to the saddle portion A as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2. That end of the saddle portion A which is farthest removed from saddle B is also provided upon its inner face with padding 7 extending up to the o ening 2. Strips 8 of leather or similar fleXib e material are preferably fastened by means of rivets 9 or 1n any other preferred manner to the inner faces of the sides of saddle portion A and between the paddings 6 and 7. The other edges of these strips 8 lap the side edges of a shield 10 in the form of a screen which is fastened to the inner surface of the saddle portion A and yoke 3 and serves to prevent the admission of insects through the opening 2 and into the pad.

A brace strip 11 is arranged longitudinally upon the central portion of the saddle meinber A and is secured to said member and to the middle portion of the yoke 3. This strip is located above the shield 10 and has an elongated bowed plate 12 fastened thereon and provided with upturned ends 13. Interposed between this bowed plate and the strip 11 are wedge-shaped spacing blocks 14 15 therebetween and between the strip 11 and plate 12. Straps 16 are secured to the sides of the saddle portion A and are designed to support the collar and hames.

In using the pad herein described the same is placed upon the neck of the animal so that the sore portion thereof will be positioned directly under the opening 2 and between the paddings 6 and 7. The collar can then be fastened to the pad by means of straps 16 and if it is provided with a sweat pad, the same can rest upon the plate 12 and between the upturned ends 13, said ends serving to prevent movement of the collar longitudinally of the plate 12. If, however, no sweat pad is employed with the collar a billet may be passed through the opening 15 so as to connect the side portions of the collar and at the same time prevent movement thereof longitudinally of the neck pad. It Will be noted that the pivots 4 of the saddle portion are located close to the centers of the ends of said portion, thus allowing' freer movement of said portion than should pivots be located close to the front or rear of the saddle portion as heretofore. Importance is attached to the partition of the screen shield because it protects the sore from insects and the like. Another feature considered to be of importance is the particular arrangement of' strip 11 and plate 12 so as to permit the insertion of a billet therebetween.

What is claimed is: f

1. A horse collar pad comprising pivotally connected inner and outer saddle portions, said outer saddle portion having a longitudinal opening extending thereinto from one end, the inner portion being pivotally mounted within the outer portion and extending transversely ofthe opening, a yoke connected to the sides of the outer portion and extending over the opening and the inner saddle portion, a screen secured to the walls of the opening and extending over the inner saddle portion and spaced therefrom, a brace strip connecting the yoke and outer saddle portion and extending longitudinally above the opening, a bowed collar-supporting plate upon said strip, and tapered spacing means interposed between the strip and plate and forming a strap receiving opening therebetween.

2. A horse collar pad comprising pivotally connected inner and outer saddle portions, said outer saddle portion having a longitudinal opening extending thereinto Jfrom one end, the inner portion being pivotally mounted within .the outer portion and extending transversely of the opening, a screen secured to the walls of the opening and extending over the inner saddle portion, and means for supporting a collar above and out of contact with the screen.

ln testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

VILLIAM F. SACHSE.

l/Vitnesses SIMON GILLEN, MATILDA LORENZ. 

